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>Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:08:47 -1000
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Irene Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Special Issue of Language Learning and Technology
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!!!!!
Theme: Computer-assisted language testing

Language Testing and Technology is planning a special issue which will
focus on the theory and practice of computer-based language testing,
including computer-assisted testing, computer-adaptive testing, and
Web-based testing.  Articles based on empirical research or discussing
original conceptual frameworks are welcome. Suggested topics
include, but are not limited to:

- Theoretical issues regarding the validity and reliability of
computer-assisted testing

- Technical considerations in the construction of computer-assisted tests

- Special considerations in designing computer-adaptive tests

- Item banking

- Scoring computer-assisted language tests

- Effectiveness of computer-assisted testing

- The use of multimedia in computer-assisted testing
     
- New technologies in service of computer-assisted testing

- New ways of using computers for language assessment (e.g., portfolios,
role-plays, and journals)

Please send an e-mail of intent with a 250-word abstract by  November 30,
1999 to Irene Thompson <[log in to unmask]>.

Mark Warschauer, Lucinda Hart-González, and Irene Thompson
Editors, Language Learning & Technology (http://polyglot.cal.msu.edu/llt)
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